TANTAL is a company manufacturer of cemented carbide products and also of raw materials for the hard metal industry. It is the only manufacturer in Latinamerica of raw materials for this industry (tungsten carbide, metallic tungsten, cobalt and tantalum carbide) and the largest manufacturer of cemented carbide pieces in Latinamerica. In the oil sector it supplies cemented carbide bushings and valve seats and balls for electric and alternative oil pumps, alloy bars with cemented carbide fragments, surfaces tungsten carbide granulated, steel plates coated with tungsten carbide parts, stabilizer bits, buttons and special cemented carbide parts.